Biological imaging with coherent Raman scattering microscopy: A tutorial

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Alfonso García, Alba ^a   Mittal, Richa ^a   Lee, Eun Seong ^b   Potma, Eric O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biophotonics; imaging; microscopy; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHOTONICS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

BIO PHOTONICS; BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; COHERENT RAMAN SCATTERING; COHERENT RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPIES; LABEL-FREE IMAGING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL IMAGING; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; LIGHT; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; LIGHT; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; VIBRATION;

EID: 84896358178     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.7.071407     Document Type: Article

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